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Hong Kong: Dragon Boat Festival 2024 Drone Show 3

A spectacular drone show over the Victoria Harbor was held on Monday, June 10, ahead of this year's Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races scheduled on June 15-16.

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Hong Kong: Dragon Boat Festival 2024 Drone Show 4

A spectacular drone show over the Victoria Harbor was held on Monday, June 10, ahead of this year's Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races scheduled on June 15-16.

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Hong Kong: Dragon Boat Festival 2024 Drone Show 5

A spectacular drone show over the Victoria Harbor was held on Monday, June 10, ahead of this year's Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races scheduled on June 15-16.

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Osprey nighttime training

IWAKUNI, Japan - Two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft leave the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture at 7:06 p.m. on March 7, 2013, in the U.S. military's first nighttime training flights of the aircraft over Japan's main islands.

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Osprey nighttime training

IWAKUNI, Japan - Two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft leave the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture at 7:06 p.m. on March 7, 2013, in the U.S. military's first nighttime training flights of the aircraft over Japan's main islands.

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S. Korean lawmakers return from Kunashiri

SEOUL, South Korea - Kang Chang Il, a lawmaker from South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at Incheon airport, South Korea, on May 25, 2011. Kang and two other South Korean lawmakers returned from Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

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Saipan braces for arrival of imperial couple

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A large signboard put up along the main road to Saipan from the airport on June 26 reads: ''The Emperor, Empress, Welcome to Saipan.'' Preparations are proceeding smoothly ahead of the arrival June 27 of the Japanese imperial couple on a two-day visit to the West Pacific island.

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Rogozin suggests possibility of returning of 3 islands to Japan

MOSCOW, Russia - Dmitry Rogozin, chairman of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee, meets with a group of Japanese reporters in Moscow on Dec. 15 ahead of a visit to Japan. He urged Japan to accept a ''compromise'' in its territorial dispute with Russia and suggested the two countries split the possession of two main islands among the four disputed islands off northern Japan.

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3rd Honshu-Shikoku expressway opens

A fleet of yachts sail under the Tatara Grand Bridge on May 1, commemorating the opening of the 10-bridge Setouchi Shimanami-Kaido expressway, the third set of roads and bridges linking Honshu and Shikoku, two of Japan's four main islands.

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Saipan braces for arrival of imperial couple

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A large signboard put up along the main road to Saipan from the airport on June 26 reads: ''The Emperor, Empress, Welcome to Saipan.'' Preparations are proceeding smoothly ahead of the arrival June 27 of the Japanese imperial couple on a two-day visit to the West Pacific island. (Kyodo)

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People evacuate in Seikan Tunnel disaster drill

Hokkaido Railway Co. employees playing the role of passengers aboard an express train evacuate through an escape route on Aug. 17, 2015, in a disaster drill in the Seikan Tunnel linking two of Japan's four main islands, Honshu and Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Firefighters douse train with water in Seikan Tunnel disaster drill

Firefighters douse a train with water in a disaster drill in the Seikan Tunnel linking two of Japan's four main islands, Honshu and Hokkaido, on Aug. 17, 2015. The drill followed an incident in the tunnel last April in which an express train carrying 124 passengers made an emergency stop after smoke was detected, forcing the evacuation of all aboard. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Firefighters carry injured in Seikan Tunnel train disaster drill

Firefighters carry to a cable car a person playing the role of an injured train passenger on a stretcher in a disaster drill in the Seikan Tunnel linking two of Japan's four main islands, Honshu and Hokkaido, on Aug. 17, 2015. The drill was conducted on the assumption that an express train running in the tunnel caught fire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ikata plant's No. 3 reactor to clear safety hurdle

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2015, shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands. Its No. 3 reactor will clear a major safety hurdle toward resumption on May 20, following four other reactors -- two at the Sendai complex and two at the Takahama plant -- in obtaining safety approval by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ikata plant's No. 3 reactor to clear safety hurdle

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2015, shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands. Its No. 3 reactor will clear a major safety hurdle toward resumption on May 20, following four other reactors -- two at the Sendai complex and two at the Takahama plant -- in obtaining safety approval by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean lawmakers return from Kunashiri

SEOUL, South Korea - Kang Chang Il, a lawmaker from South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at Incheon airport, South Korea, on May 25, 2011. Kang and two other South Korean lawmakers returned from Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan. (Kyodo)

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30 years on, world's longest undersea tunnel faces challenges

A shinkansen bullet train passes through the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest undersea tunnel that connects two of Japan's main islands by rail, in Hakodate, northern Japan on March 12, 2018.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese inspection team on Russian-held island

A group of Japanese government officials and private-sector experts inspect a site scheduled for a hot spring resort development on Russian-held, Japan-claimed Kunashiri Island off Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido on June 28, 2017. The Japanese inspection team is making a five-day visit to islands disputed by the two countries to assess potential joint economic activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Russia start 1st joint study on disputed isles

Eiichi Hasegawa (front R), a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is briefed by Sakhalin Gov. Oleg Kozhemyako (front C) in Furukamappu on Russian-held, Japan-claimed Kunashiri Island off Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido on June 27, 2017. Hasegawa arrived earlier in the day for a five-day visit to islands disputed by the two countries to assess potential joint economic activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Russia start 1st joint study on disputed isles

Eiichi Hasegawa (R in front), a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, walks with Sakhalin Gov. Oleg Kozhemyako (2nd from R in front) in Furukamappu on Russian-held, Japan-claimed Kunashiri Island off Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido on June 27, 2017. Hasegawa arrived earlier in the day for a five-day visit to islands disputed by the two countries to assess potential joint economic activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Russia start 1st joint study on disputed isles

Eiichi Hasegawa (L), a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaks with Sakhalin Gov. Oleg Kozhemyako on Furukamappu on Russian-held, Japan-claimed Kunashiri Island off Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido on June 27, 2017. Hasegawa arrived earlier in the day for a five-day visit to islands disputed by the two countries to assess potential joint economic activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rogozin suggests possibility of returning of 3 islands to Japan

MOSCOW, Russia - Dmitry Rogozin, chairman of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee, meets with a group of Japanese reporters in Moscow on Dec. 15 ahead of a visit to Japan. He urged Japan to accept a ''compromise'' in its territorial dispute with Russia and suggested the two countries split the possession of two main islands among the four disputed islands off northern Japan.

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3rd Honshu-Shikoku expressway opens

A fleet of yachts sail under the Tatara Grand Bridge on May 1, commemorating the opening of the 10-bridge Setouchi Shimanami-Kaido expressway, the third set of roads and bridges linking Honshu and Shikoku, two of Japan's four main islands. ==Kyodo

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New Honshu-Shikoku speedway to open in a month

A new speedway linking Japan's main islands of Honshu and Shikoku will open May 1, after 25 years under construction. The 60-kilometer speedway between Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, is the 3rd and last one linking the two main islands over the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan. The photo, taken from a helicopter over Ikuchishima Island, Hiroshima Pref., on March 28, shows the new speedway's Tatara-Ohashi Bridge.